Table III.

The Seven Things Parents Should Know about Residual Dried Bloodspots

1.	Some states save leftover bloodspots after newborn screening is complete.
2.	Leftover bloodspots can be used to improve the public’s health in many ways.
3.	No extra heel pricks are done to collect blood for other potential uses of the spots.
4.	Safeguards are in place to protect the privacy of babies and families and to ensure the ethical conduct of research.
5.	The baby’s name or other identifiable information is not attached to the leftover bloodspots used in most research.
6.	Because most research with leftover bloodspots is done anonymously, parents will usually not get results back from the research.
7.	A parent may request that their baby’s bloodspot not be used in research after newborn screening.